Oh, Clegg

Just watched Nick Clegg’s conference speech. It isn’t bad or anything. The list of things achieved is longer than you might think. The policy prescriptions are sensible, though limited.

But where is his anger? Why not just say: ‘It isn’t easy to go to work with a smile on your face when you know that David Cameron, George Osborne and Theresa May will be there.’ Or: ‘People say that we have been lucky to get into government. Is it really lucky to be stuck in an office with those people?’

Well, with seven months to go to a national election, it is getting to Blue door, Yellow door, Red door time.

I sent them £50 and a rant about fiscal unfairness when returns on capital are taxed less heavily than work. 18% and 28% for capital gains, versus 20% and 40% for work. Why don’t more people think this is absurd?